Tag: U.S. Congress
House speaker: Federal employees who walk out over Gaza ‘deserve to be fired’
The group Feds United for Peace told Al-Monitor it expects hundreds of government employees from 22 federal agencies to play hooky on Tuesday for a planned “Day of Mourning” to “mark 100 days of Israel’s military campaign...
Historic menorah-lighting at US Capitol by leaders of Senate and House
In a historic first, the congressional leadership on both sides of the aisle joined on Tuesday, the sixth night of Chanukah, for the inaugural lighting of the U.S. Capitol Menorah.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)...
House passes annual defense bill with key Israel provisions
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday for fiscal year 2024. The NDAA includes several provisions designed to support Israel and counter Iran.
The annual defense spending bill passed...
Rep. Massie accused of antisemitism after sharing controversial meme
An image shared on social media featuring rapper Drake rejecting one idea while embracing another—often used to identify alleged hypocrisy—has generated condemnation across the political spectrum after a Republican legislator used it to claim that Congress...
On Israel’s right to exist, Massie votes ‘no,’ Tlaib ‘present’
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 412-1, with one voting “present,” on Nov. 28 to reaffirm Israel’s right to exist.
“The House of Representatives reaffirms the State of Israel’s right to exist, recognizes that denying Israel’s right...
Has Biden tipped the Democrats back towards a bipartisan consensus?
It’s all a matter of perspective. For Israel’s government, the obvious benefits of President Joe Biden’s brief visit to Israel, his fulsome rhetoric of support for the Jewish state and scathing denunciations of Hamas...
House bill amasses bipartisan consensus to continue Iran sanctions
Three measures opposing violence and human-rights abuses perpetrated by the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
On Tuesday, the Combat Rampant Iranian Missile Exports (Fight CRIME) Act (H.R. 3152) received 403...
Congressman: ‘Insanity’ to have Iranian propagandist at US military seminar
Speakers at the 2023 U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium, which was held Aug. 16-17 in Omaha, Neb., included current and former military leaders, a member of Congress, a governor and a university president.
And then...
‘Sensitive’ State Dept. document runs in Tehran paper, as Foggy Bottom rebuffs Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee leaders have expressed frustration that the U.S. State Department has been stonewalling Congress about details of the June suspension of Robert Malley as special envoy to Iran.
Now a newspaper with close ties...
In Israel, House Democrats reaffirm ‘solidarity with the Jewish state’
Two dozen Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives—led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)—are in Israel for a six-day trip that started earlier this week, sponsored by the American...